Turkish Neurosurgery 2004 , Vol 14 , Num 3-4
Intracranial Subfrontal Schwannoma: Case Report
Yavuz ERDEM1, M. Akif BAYAR1, Koray ÖZTÜRK1, Muzaffer ÇAYDERE2
1Department of Neurosurgery and Pathology
2Ministry of Health Ankara Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Intracranial schwannomas most frequently arise from the vestibular portion of the VIIIth cranial nerve. Schwannomas arising from other cranial nerves are rare. Subfrontal schwannoma is extremely rare. We report a case of a subfrontal schwannoma and review the related literature. Keywords : Schwannoma, subfrontal tumour
Corresponding author : Yavuz Erdem